11/27/09 - Bathing Tufted Titmouse
Before dinner yesterday, I put my camera on the tripod and used the self timer to take a picture of the family at the dinner table. Despite being quite sick and not really able to taste what I was cooking, dinner turned out fine, and we enjoyed the meal with my dad. After dinner, while I was cleaning up, a tufted titmouse went into the birdbath out my kitchen sink window and started to bathe himself. With great luck, the camera was still on the tripod, so I moved it into position quick. As it turns out, 3 separate tufted titmouses came to bathe one right after the other, and I got good pics of the second 2 in various stages of bathing.

I have cropped this to show more detail and slightly bumped up the colors/contrast. Many more of these birds some with water splashing about can be found here:
http://fotomom.smugmug.com/Nature/November-2009/10198920_oRbHf#724679932_XfKVX

Sick or not, I'm off to shop! It was touch and go, and I may not last long, but I'm headed out!

Thanks for your comment on our turkey day portrait. The boys are always excited to be in my POTD. I had intended to try to reshoot an even better shot, but after 5 days of clouds, I gave up and went with the one I'd already taken.

HAGD,
Maryann

11/27/09 - Bathing Tufted Titmouse
Before dinner yesterday, I put my camera on the tripod and used the self timer to take a picture of the family at the dinner table. Despite being quite sick and not really able to taste what I was cooking, dinner turned out fine, and we enjoyed the meal with my dad. After dinner, while I was cleaning up, a tufted titmouse went into the birdbath out my kitchen sink window and started to bathe himself. With great luck, the camera was still on the tripod, so I moved it into position quick. As it turns out, 3 separate tufted titmouses came to bathe one right after the other, and I got good pics of the second 2 in various stages of bathing.

I have cropped this to show more detail and slightly bumped up the colors/contrast. Many more of these birds some with water splashing about can be found here:
http://fotomom.smugmug.com/Nature/November-2009/10198920_oRbHf#724679932_XfKVX

Sick or not, I'm off to shop! It was touch and go, and I may not last long, but I'm headed out!

Thanks for your comment on our turkey day portrait. The boys are always excited to be in my POTD. I had intended to try to reshoot an even better shot, but after 5 days of clouds, I gave up and went with the one I'd already taken.

HAGD,
Maryann